Category Archive: BangShift News, OTHER
The Subaru BRZ STi Performance Concept: A New Round Of Performance From Subaru?
(Photos: Subaru) Subaru managed to do what most Asian brands have struggled to do: get taken seriously by American car enthusiasts. Granted, a lot of the respect came from watching the car getting...
These Two Hellcat Owners Nearly Get Tossed Out Of Texas Motorplex – Owning A Fast Car Does Not Make You A Racer
In a race there are two parts to the equation of winning: the car, and the driver. Most drivers look to the car to do all of the work, but as most good racers know, owning a badass car doesn’t...
This 401-powered Gremlin Needs A New Home – Just Pretty Enough To Be Nice, Just Dirty Enough To Be Fun
There is a fine line between show car and beater, and it varies a little from person to person, but it goes like this: is it too nice to take out into the rain? It’s a show car. Is it so...
Unveiled: The Lincoln Continental Concept – There Might Be A Pulse Left At Lincoln After All
(Photos: Ford Motor Company) Ford’s got this “hide the concept until the last freaking minute” thing down pat. First was the Ford GT, and now this, the Lincoln Continental concept...
What Do You Make Of This Bullet-Nosed Studebaker…er…Wait, El Camino?!
The email was simply titled, “I’ve got nothing.” All that was in there was a link to a Hemmings For Sale ad. Hemmings isn’t like Craigslist, there’s some standards to...
Ford Of Europe Introduces Intelligent Speed Limiter, The System That Keeps You From Speeding Automatically!
Are you, as an adult with a driver’s license, incapable of reading and obeying simple traffic laws? Are you too occupied with anything other than properly driving your vehicle that you tend to...
BangShift Tune-Up: “Legs” By ZZ Top, Complete With The Eliminator Coupe
Billy Gibbons, Frank Beard and Dusty Hill have been cranking out tunes since 1969 as ZZ Top. Let me put that into perspective for you: the band is only four years younger than my mother. The...
Epic Craigslist Find: Holman-Moody’s 1967 Ford F-100 Shop Truck
Holman-Moody’s 1967 Ford shop truck is for sale for $14,000. Do you really need to know any more than that? Working with Ford products, Holman-Moody were the name in motorsports in the late...
Freiburger Is Back With A Bolt-On Suspension Kit For Hot Rod Garage’s Mustang…And You’ve Got To See This Episode’s Q&A Session!
We’re really digging what Freiburger and crew are doing to the black 2005 Ford Mustang GT on Hot Rod Garage, which is pretty much what we’re doing to our Chrysler 300C. Hmm…maybe...
Ebay Find: It’s a ’57 Chevy On A 1941 Military Weapons Carrier Chassis, Powered By A Small-Block Chevy – Is This The Most Epic Trar Yet?
If only one of us had the money…this thing would be good as sold. I promise you that. This 1957 Chevy four-door is sitting on the frame of a World War II weapons carrier, most likely a Dodge...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-worthy News: Texas Ranger Ram, Porsche’s Tantrum And Your Shocking New Virgin
What a week for the news…between Clarksongate, rumors for the New York Auto Show rumors and “oh, yeah, did you hear, Clarkson got fired from Top Gear?”, we were still able to find...
What Does Lincoln Have For The New York Auto Show? Strong Indications Predict A New Continental
Lincoln has been drifting for years, relying on rebadged Fords to keep itself afloat. But if the code-crackers at Blue Oval Forums have things right, it looks like Lincoln has been keeping a...
The 2016 Ford Focus RS Debuts At The New York Auto Show: All-Wheel Drive And “Over 315 Horsepower”! Subaru, Be Worried.
(Photos: Ford Motor Company) We knew it was coming, we’ve been waiting for it, and now it’s official: This is the US-market Ford Focus RS. And it’s exactly what we were hoping it...
